Author : Heinrich von Staden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 21,15 MB
Release : 1989-04-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521236461
Herophilus, a contemporary of Euclid, practiced medicine in Alexandria in the third century B.C., and seems to have been the first Western scientist to dissect the human body. He made especially impressive contributions to many branches of anatomy. Von Staden assembles the fragmentary evidence concerning one of the more important scientists of ancient Greece.
Author : Plinio Prioreschi
Publisher :
Page : 651 pages
File Size : 31,97 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Medicine
ISBN : 1888456027
Author : Stanley Finger
Publisher :
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 15,40 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780195146943
With over 350 illustrations, this impressive volume traces the rich history of ideas about the functioning of the brain from its roots in the ancient cultures of Egypt, Greece, and Rome through the centuries into relatively modern times. In contrast to biographically oriented accounts, this book is unique in its emphasis on the functions of the brain and how they came to be associated with specific brain regions and systems. Among the topics explored are vision, hearing, pain, motor control, sleep, memory, speech, and various other facets of intellect. The emphasis throughout is on presenting material in a very readable way, while describing with scholarly acumen the historical evolution of the field in all its amazing wealth and detail. From the opening introductory chapters to the concluding look at treatments and therapies, this monumental work will captivate readers from cover to cover. It will be valued as both an historical reference and as an exciting tale of scientificdiscovery. It is bound to attract a wide readership among students and professionals in the neural sciences as well as general readers interested in the history of science and medicine.
Author : Philip J. “van der” Eijk
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 47,50 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789004120129
Diocles of Carystus in Euboea, known to Athenians as `the younger Hippocrates', practised medicine in the 4th century BC. His copious texts, which combined practical, theoretical and philosophical approaches, were studied and copied throughout Antiquity and the Middle Ages. This volume provides the Greek, Latin and Arabic texts, with facing translation, of over 241 fragments which reflect Dicoles' varied interests in medicine and nature. The second colume contains a commentary and discussion.
Author : Michael Boylan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 48,78 MB
Release : 2015-04-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1135013284
This book examines the origins of ancient Greek science using the vehicles of blood, blood vessels, and the heart. Careful attention to biomedical writers in the ancient world, as well as to the philosophical and literary work of writers prior to the Hippocratic authors, produce an interesting story of how science progressed and the critical context in which important methodological questions were addressed. The end result is an account that arises from debates that are engaged in and "solved" by different writers. These stopping points form the foundation for Harvey and for modern philosophy of biology. Author Michael Boylan sets out the history of science as well as a critical evaluation based upon principles in the contemporary canon of the philosophy of science—particularly those dealing with the philosophy of biology.
Author : Trevor Curnow
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 18,87 MB
Release : 2006-06-22
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1849667705
This fascinating book contains information on over 2,300 ancient Western philosophers, from Abammon to Zoticus. Covering the period from the seventh century BC to the seventh century AD, it brings together the extremely well-known and the thoroughly obscure. Those already familiar with ancient philosophy will find it an invaluable and handy work of reference with a breadth of coverage that far exceeds any other single-volume work on the subject. Those new to the subject will find it a useful introduction. The ideas of the major thinkers are summarised and an historical overview of ancient philosophy allows them to be placed in their proper context. The book also provides useful background reading for anyone interested in the ancient world who wants to find out more about its intellectual life. A minimum of philosophical jargon ensures its accessibility to a wide audience. As in ancient histories of philosophy, there is also a modest amount of gossip.
Author : Philip J. Eijk
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 10,86 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789004102651
Diocles of Carystus (4th century BCE), also known as the younger Hippocrates", was one of the most prominent medical authorities in antiquity. He wrote extensively on a wide range of areas such as anatomy, physiology, pathology, therapeutics, embryology, gynaecology, dietetics, foods and poisons. In his writings, he betrays strong philosophical influence, and his views present striking connections with the Hippocratic Corpus, Plato, Aristotle and Theophrastus. The study of Diocles' ideas has long been hampered by the absence of a reliable collection of the remaining evidence. This book presents and discusses all the fragments and testimonies to Diocles' views. The first volume presents the Greek, Latin and Arabic sources with facing English translation. The second volume (publication April 2001) provides a commentary on the fragments and places them in their intellectual context."
Author : R. J. Hankinson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 35,29 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0199246564
R. J. Hankinson traces the history of ancient Greek thinking about causation and explanation, from its earliest beginnings through more than a thousand years to the middle of the first millennium of the Christian era. He examines ways in which the Ancient Greeks dealt with questions about how and why things happen as and when they do, about the basic constitution and structure of things, about function and purpose, laws of nature, chance, coincidence, and responsibility.
Author : Eleanor Dickey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 21,34 MB
Release : 2007-04-05
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0195312937
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Author : Philip J. van der Eijk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 50,34 MB
Release : 2005-05-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139443534
This work brings together Philip van der Eijk's previously published essays on the close connections that existed between medicine and philosophy throughout antiquity. Medical authors such as the Hippocratic writers, Diocles, Galen, Soranus and Caelius Aurelianus elaborated on philosophical methods such as causal explanation, definition and division and applied key concepts such as the notion of nature to their understanding of the human body. Similarly, philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle were highly valued for their contributions to medicine. This interaction was particularly striking in the study of the human soul in its relation to the body, as illustrated by approaches to specific topics such as intellect, sleep and dreams, and diet and drugs. With a detailed introduction surveying the subject as a whole and an essay on Aristotle's treatment of sleep, this wide-ranging and accessible collection is essential reading for the student of ancient philosophy and science.
